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The 2021 Formula One Esports Series was the fifth season of the Formula One Esports Series.[1] It started on 13 October 2021, and ended on 16 December 2021. It was held in Formula One's official 2021 game. Same as the previous year, the championship was held online due to COVID-19 pandemic and streamed on the official F1 YouTube Channel.

2021 Formula One Esports Series
Tournament information
SportFormula One Esports Series
LocationQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Online
Pro Championship: Online
Dates13 October–16 December 2021
AdministratorCodemasters
Formula One Management
FIA
Tournament
format(s)
Qualification: Online
Pro Draft: Driver's selection
Pro Championship: Twelve race championship
VenueQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Online
Pro Championship: Online
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands Jarno Opmeer
Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
← 2020
2022 →

Jarno Opmeer and Red Bull Racing Esports entered the season as the reigning champion, having won the Drivers' and Team's Championship title respectively in 2020. Jarno Opmeer successfully defended the Drivers' Championship title for the second consecutive year, while his new team, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team secured the Teams' Championship title for the first time since 2018.[2][3]

Teams and drivers edit

Team Race drivers
No. Driver name Rounds
  Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team 30
83
N.A. 		  Simon Weigang
  Filip Prešnajder
  Thijmen Schütte 		All
2–7, 9–11
1, 8, 12
  Alpine Esports Team 40
8
80 		  Nicolas Longuet
  Fabrizio Donoso Delgado
  Patrik Sipos 		1–7, 9, 11–12
1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–12
3, 6, 8–10
  Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team 88
92
79 		  Lucas Blakeley
  Daniele Haddad
  Shanaka Clay 		All
1–9, 11–12
10
  Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team 95
72
29 		  David Tonizza
  Brendon Leigh
  Domenico Lovece 		1-11
All
12
  McLaren Shadow 20
12
32 		  Bari Broumand
  Daniel Bereznay
  Josh Idowu 		All
1, 3, 5–7, 9
2, 4, 8, 10–12
  Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 34
95
N.A. 		  Jarno Opmeer
  Dani Moreno
  Bono Huis 		All
All
Not Competed
  Red Bull Racing Esports 19
24
N.A. 		  Frederik Rasmussen
  Marcel Kiefer
  Liam Parnell 		All
All
Not Competed
  Scuderia AlphaTauri F1 Esports Team 51
13
N.A. 		  Joni Törmälä
  Sebastian Job
  Dario Iemmulo 		All
1–9,11–12
10
  Uralkali Haas F1 Team Esports 2
48
N.A. 		  Cedric Thomé
  Matthijs van Erven
  Samuel Libeert 		All
All
Not Competed
  Williams Esports 21
53
23 		  Álvaro Carretón
  Michael Romanidis
  Alessio Di Capua 		All
1–2, 5–7, 9–11
3–4, 8, 12
Sources:[1][4]

Calendar edit

Round Event Circuit Distance Date Broadcast
1 Event One   Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 20 Laps 13 October 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 1-2 on YouTube
2   Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 20 Laps
3   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 25 Laps 14 October 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 3 on YouTube
4 Event Two   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 18 Laps 27 October 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 4-5 on YouTube
5   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 19 Laps
6   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 15 Laps 28 October 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 6 on YouTube
7 Event Three   Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 23 Laps 24 November 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 7-8 on YouTube
8   Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 25 Laps
9   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 20 Laps 25 November 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 9 on YouTube
10 Grand Final   Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 22 Laps 15 December 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 10-11 on YouTube
11   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 25 Laps
12   Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 25 Laps 16 December 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: The FINAL Round! on YouTube
Source:[5][6]

Results edit

Season summary edit

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1   Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir   Nicolas Longuet   Joni Törmälä   Lucas Blakeley   Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team
2   Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai   Bari Broumand   Nicolas Longuet   Jarno Opmeer   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
3   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg   Jarno Opmeer   Jarno Opmeer   Jarno Opmeer   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
4   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone   Frederik Rasmussen   Sebastian Job   Frederik Rasmussen   Red Bull Racing Esports
5   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza   Jarno Opmeer   Joni Törmälä   Marcel Kiefer   Red Bull Racing Esports
6   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot   David Tonizza   Dani Moreno   Frederik Rasmussen   Red Bull Racing Esports
7   Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão   Lucas Blakeley   Filip Prešnajder   Lucas Blakeley   Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team
8   Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort   Bari Broumand   Álvaro Carretón   Dani Moreno   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
9   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas   Nicolas Longuet   Daniele Haddad   Jarno Opmeer   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
10   Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola   Josh Idowu   Marcel Kiefer   David Tonizza   Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team
11   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City   Frederik Rasmussen   Matthijs van Erven   Jarno Opmeer   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
12   Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo   Nicolas Longuet   Brendon Leigh   Frederik Rasmussen   Red Bull Racing Esports

Championship Standings edit

Scoring system edit

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race and one point was given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

In the event of a tie at the conclusion of the championship, a count-back system is used as a tie-breaker, with a driver's/constructor's best result used to decide the standings.

Drivers' Championship standings edit

Pos. Driver BHR
  		CHN
  		AUT
  		GBR
  		ITA
  		BEL
  		POR
  		NLD
  		USA
  		EMI
  		MEX
  		BRA
  		Points
1   Jarno Opmeer 4 1 1PF 9 2P 2 7 6 1 2 1 4 195
2   Frederik Rasmussen 7 17 2 1P 8 1 2 2 2 3 3P 1 187
3   Lucas Blakeley 1 4 4 3 3 6 1P 3 6 10 6 2 162
4   Dani Moreno 5 8 10 2 7 16F 4 1 7 7 4 Ret 100
5   Bari Broumand 6 5P 3 5 6 8 10 4P 4 18 2 17 98
6   David Tonizza 9 14 5 10 15 3P 6 5 5 1 9 83
7   Marcel Kiefer 8 3 16 7 1 4 9 10 9 20F 8 14 71
8   Nicolas Longuet 2P 18F 9 4 12 5 12 3P 7 7P 69
9   Fabrizio Donoso 10 2 17 4 3 16 14 17 19 46
10   Brendon Leigh 12 6 8 6 19 18 17 9 14 5 5 18F 42
11   Joni Törmälä 19F 16 19 8 20F 11 5 7 11 4 10 13 33
12   Sebastian Job 17 11 15 18F 5 7 16 11 10 11 3 32
13   Álvaro Carretón 3 Ret 6 20 10 12 19 19F 8 19 16 8 32
14   Michael Romanidis 20 9 16 14 8 18 6 12 14
15   Josh Idowu 12 11 18 11P 14 5 10
16   Simon Weigang 13 Ret 7 13 14 9 19 14 20 9 13 15 10
17   Daniele Haddad 11 7 Ret 19 9 10 11 20 19F 15 12 9
18   Matthijs van Erven 15 13 11 12 13 15 15 15 17 16 20F 6 8
19   Patrik Sipos 17 17 8 16 8 8
20   Cedric Thomé 16 15 18 14 18 13 18 17 13 15 19 9 2
21   Thijmen Schütte 18 12 10 1
22   Filip Prešnajder 10 14 16 17 Ret 20F 12 12 18 1
23   Domenico Lovece 11 0
24   Daniel Bereznay 14 12 11 Ret 14 15 0
25   Dario Iemmulo 13 0
26   Alessio di Capua 13 15 13 16 0
27   Shanaka Clay 17 0
Pos. Driver BHR
  		CHN
  		AUT
  		GBR
  		ITA
  		BEL
  		POR
  		NLD
  		USA
  		EMI
  		MEX
  		BRA
  		Points
Sources:[7]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not enter
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap

Teams' Championship standings edit

Pos. Team BHR
  		CHN
  		AUT
  		GBR
  		ITA
  		BEL
  		POR
  		NLD
  		USA
  		EMI
  		MEX
  		BRA
  		Points
1   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 4 1 1PF 2 2P 2 4 1 1 2 1 4 295
5 8 10 9 7 16F 7 6 7 7 4 Ret
2   Red Bull Racing Esports 7 3 2 1P 1 1 2 2 2 3 3P 1 258
8 17 16 7 8 4 9 10 9 20F 8 14
3   Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team 1 4 4 3 3 6 1P 3 6 10 6 2 171
11 7 Ret 19 9 10 11 20 19F 17 15 12
4   Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team 9 6 5 6 15 3P 6 5 5 1 5 11 125
12 14 8 10 19 18 17 9 14 5 9 18F
5   Alpine Esports Team 2P 2 9 4 4 5 3 8 3P 8 7 7P 123
10 18F 17 17 12 17 12 16 16 14 17 19
6   McLaren Shadow 6 5P 3 5 6 8 10 4P 4 11P 2 5 108
14 12 12 11 11 Ret 14 18 15 18 14 17
7   Scuderia AlphaTauri F1 Esports Team 17 11 15 8 5 7 5 7 10 4 10 3 65
19F 16 19 18F 20F 11 16 11 11 13 11 13
8   Williams Esports 3 9 6 15 10 12 8 13 8 6 12 8 46
20 Ret 13 20 16 14 13 19F 18 19 16 16
9   Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team 13 10 7 13 14 9 19 12 12 9 13 10 12
18 Ret 14 16 17 Ret 20F 14 20 12 18 15
10   Uralkali Haas F1 Team Esports 15 13 11 12 13 13 15 15 13 15 19 6 10
16 15 18 14 18 15 18 17 17 16 20F 9
Pos. Team BHR
  		CHN
  		AUT
  		GBR
  		ITA
  		BEL
  		POR
  		NLD
  		USA
  		EMI
  		MEX
  		BRA
  		Points
Sources:[7]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not enter
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap

Notes:

  • The standings are sorted by best result, rows are not related to the drivers. In case of tie on points, the best positions achieved determined the outcome.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "F1 Esports Series Preview Show kicks off 2021 Season". formula1.com. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Mercedes win Esports Drivers' and Teams' title double in dramatic Grand Final of 2021 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship presented by Aramco". corp.formula1.com. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Mercedes' Opmeer Wins F1 ESPORTS Title Despite Red Bull Tactics". the-race.com. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "REVEALED! All 30 Drivers In The 2021 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship". f1esports.com. 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "F1 Esports Series Pro Championship drivers and schedule announced". autosport.com. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 F1 Esports Pro Series Gets Underway Today". gtplanet.net. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "F1 Esports Pro Series 2021 standings". f1esports.com. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

External links edit

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